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clipped by: spherepetClip Source: www.universetoday.comHow to Escape From a Black HoleWritten by Nancy Atkinson According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. And in the 1970's physicist Stephen...
Some scientists are happy to chuck out theology and philosophy. But there was something about the phrasing of Einstein's newly resurfaced letter to the Jewish philosopher Eric Gutkind, professing his opinion of religion as a "childish superstition" that drove me to it. Hmm. So, anyway, there I...
We're starting to suspect that HP's repair department consists of a giant warehouse inside of which is a nothing but a black hole that eats laptops. Stephen Hawking is their receptionist, and he... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Today’s Top Posts: Videogame fitness from A to Zebra Striped Unitards Sony releases the VGC-LJ25L laptop AKA the WTF-2008 Wooden Suit for Stephen Hawking mystifies all who try to discern its purpose In using AmazonMP3, The Office shows tension between NBC, Apple Chuck Maddox, watch guru, dead...
This project by artist Mike Rea is called "Suit for Stephen Hawking" and shows off this artist / maker's exceptional wood making skills. Check out the links below for everything from a space suit to a four piece band constructed entirely from wood. Michael T. Rea: Suit for Stephen Hawking, [via]...
SUMMER's hot read will be the sexed-up novel "Tan Lines," a 21st century "Valley of the Dolls" wherein three lovely lively ladies share a July-August house in the Hamptons. (Humptons?) St. Martin's, the publisher, handed its Page 1 around town last...
Author: Gareth Halfacree Published: 16th May 2008 If you're interested in helping advance the science of text-to-speech synthesis, you're needed as part of the Blizzard Challenge. The Challenge is an annual event hosted by the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Speech Technology Research in...
It’s not long now until the start of the European football championships here in Switzerland. You can’t escape it: on TV, in the papers, and in the ubiquitous Panini sticker albums. During the last World Cup, Switzerland bought more football stickers per capita than any other nation: a staggering...
What happens to stuff that falls in? But, and this was a big but that Hawking proposed, any information that went into the black hole would be lost. "Information only appears to be lost because we have been looking at a restricted part of the true quantum-mechanical space-time," said Penn State's...
JOHANNESBURG: Scientist Stephen Hawking hailed the peaceful end of South Africa’s apartheid era as one of the great achievements of his lifetime on Thursday as he met the first black president Nelson Mandela. “I am very pleased to meet you. I admire how you managed to find a peaceful solution to...
